The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-07-24
EVIDENTLY SPITE
Flimsy Testimony Agsin,.
James W. IRE. N'u't
HOW AN OFFENDER GOT Ryp,
Mr.. Zane Smiles, land Ash. H..
Defendant Be discharged n, A'
Want OF Evidence.

There was another fash in IN.
yesterday, in the case of the ITr; rag
Stated VS.. James W IRE, who had h.
arrested on the charge of unlavtrI 'a
habitaiion, the complaint being si,S w
by an individual named Joe Bush
would seem from the evidence tbs, a.. u
statement made several dsys s.oI
the defendant, that the prosecp,,,
was Spite-work, was the correct thooS"
Mr.. IRE thinks that the 'sinfo,m!'
ton" on which the complaint n.
made, was lodged against h.;
by an individual whom be had =
casion TO arrest, on a moonlight nil,
not long since for an infraction az p snt
ordinance. J. H. Moyle appearsd ty
the defendant and G. W. Zane assnr1 III
the position made vacant by tbe ~
sence of Mr.. Peters in the east, N0>
MISS L.. A. URE was the FIRST witra,.
called, and her testimony was snI
stantially as follows: live in the nv
tenth Ward; have lived there eigbtsas
years; the defendant is my father. n
owns the dwelling house; onIv ~
family live there, except the hired p;rI..
no one else has lived there excsnt
party named Cunningham, who stsvoS
there two weeks about a year ago. M
brothers and sisters live at home. ~
youngest child, Bertha, is three ysa-s
old; the hired girls are my cousins.
do not know of my father bayina
another wife; have not heard such re
oh
Grant was at the house, and somebodv
in fun, talked to her about being tbp
defendants wife; other ladies have been
talked to similarly in my hearing:
the three Misses Player were smOSg
this number; neither of these ladies'
has lived at the house; never saw sny
lady who conducted herself as thoDpb
she was defendants wife; do not know
OF lady living there, except the family
for any length of time, during the past
three years.
Mrs LUCINDA A. URE was next called
and sworn. She was the legal wife cf
the defendant, she said, and lived with
him as such. She said sne did not wish
| to testify, and was excused.
Mrs. LEoNoRA URE SAID: The de-
PENDANT is my husbands brother; |
live next door to him; | know of no
one living at Mr.. Ure during the pas.
three yeas but his fsmil have heard
that he has a second vie; it is not the
general understanding in the neIghbOr-
hood; never heard who The second wife
was; the deputies tod me had second
wife; couldn't name anyone else VITO
spoke of it; simply heard the rumW;
may have heard such a thing three
four years ago; do not know Ms
Grant; am acquainted with M
Player; my brother told me had lad
the rumor referred to; it is a cOmza
thing for people to say somebody hgi
second wife, in spirit of joking, Eha
such thing is untrue
ROBERT A. URE, a brother of the de-
PENDANT, lived next door to him; he had
not heard that his brother had second
wife; had never heard it reputed; neVei
heard Of any woman, besides his frs
wife, ever being received in tb;
family as such.
This closed the evidence for the
prosecution. There was the faint
est suspicion of a smile hoverin
around the corners of Mr.. Zane
mouth, as he said: Your honor, tina
Is all the evidence for the prosecution
and there doesn't appear to be mucho
1t. 1 suggest that the defendant be dis
charged"
Commissioner Norrell appeared to
OF the same opinion and ordered tn
d scharge of the defendant.